Clothes-reel.



R. W. ROBINSON.

OLOTHES REEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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R. W. ROBINSON.

CLOTHES REEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909.

940,729, I Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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witwwoeo ROBERT W. ROBINSON,

OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

. CLOTHES-REEL.

Specification of ietter s Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Application filed April 19, 1909. Serial No. 490,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Reels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes reels and consists especially in the provision of means for conveniently turning the standard holding the same.

The invention comprises various other details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view showing a clothes reel equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View vertically through the standard. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View through the standard, and Fig. A is a perspective view showing a modification of the apparatus.

eference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a rotatable standard of a clothes reel designated by letter B. Said standard may be of any desired shape and is mounted in suitable bearings C fastened to the upright stationary post D. In the form shown in Fig. l of the drawings, said standard has a laterally extending portion with a reel mounted upon the depending portion thereof and a brace rod E is fastened to said laterally GX- tending portion and also to an eye F fastened to said post D. Resting upon the lower of said bearing members C is a disk H through which the standard A passes. Pivotally mounted upon a bolt I which passes through registering apertures in said standard are the anti-friction wheels K, and L L designate bars which have apertures for the reception of said bolt I and N is a lever which is fastened to said bars and forms means whereby the standard may be rotated.

Said anti-friction wheels rest upon the disk H which weight of the standard and the reel.

0 designates a bar having a forked end 0, said bar being adapted to be held to any object, such as a railing T and the forked end is adapted to receive the handle to hold the same in an adjusted position. Swivelly mounted upon the bar 0 is a second clevis, designated by letter M, and which may be en aged by the lever to hold the latter in a different adjusted position. The bar may be held upon the railing in adjusted positions so that the handle may be held in various radial positions by its engaging the clevis shaped end of the swivel as the bar is swung to different positions.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a slight modification of the means for holding the reel, in which a swinging bracket member, designated by letter Q, is mounted forms a turn-table receiving the in apertures in the angle plates Q fastened to the post Q}, the lower of said bracket members serving as a turn-table to take the place of the disk illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Mounted upon the upright portion of the bracket Q above the lower angle plate Q are two anti-friction rollers S ournaled upon a pivot pin S carried by said bracket member, said wheels supporting the entire weight of the bracket arm and the reel R, which modified form is mounted upon an upturned end Q of the bracket member. A rod J is fastened to said bracket member and a hook formed in the end of said rod is adapted'to engage an eye J upon the railing P, whereby the reel may be held in the position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In the modified form, the operating lever as shown in Fig. l is dispensed with but one of the essential features of the invention, consisting of the anti-friction rollers, is applied and the bracket arm serves as a lever for swinging the reel into different positions.

In operation, referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be noted that, when it is desired to swing the reel, the lever N may be raised, the lever tilting upon the bolt I and, by pushing or pulling upon said lever, the standard may be swung in one direction or the other, the wheels turning upon the disk shown and thus reducing the amount of friction to minimum.

What I claim to be new is 1. A clothes reel comprising a rotatable standard mounted in suitable bearings, antifriction wheels journaled upon said standard, means for supporting said wheels, a lever pivotally connected to said standard and affording means for rotating the latter, a stationary bar having a forked end adapted to be engaged by said lever to hold the latter and said standard in an adjusted position, and a swivel clevis-shaped member mounted upon said bar, as set forth.

2. A clothes reel comprising a rotatabl standard mounted in suitable bearings, a bolt passing through said standard, antifriction wheels mounted upon said bolt, a disk mounted upon one of said bearings and upon which said wheels are adapted to rest, and a lever connected to said standard and adapted to rotate the same, as set forth.

3. A clothes reel comprising a rotatable standard mounted in suitable bearings, a bolt passing through said standard, antifriction wheels mounted upon said bolt, a disk mounted upon one of said bearings and upon which said wheels are adapted to rest, bars having apertures for the reception of said bolt upon which the Wheels are mounted, and a lever secured to said bars, as set forth.

4. A clothes reel comprising a rotatable standard mounted in suitable bearings, a bolt passing through said standard, antifriction wheels mounted upon said bolt, a disk mounted upon one of said bearings and upon which said wheels are adapted to rest, bars having apertures for the reception of said bolt upon which the wheels are mount ed, a lever secured to said bars, and a stationary forked bar adapted to be engaged by said lever, as set forth.

In testlniony whereof I hereunto affix io my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' ROBERT W. ROBINSON Witnesses:

CHARLES H. GooDnLL, WARREN T. BARTLETT. 

